Daily Reading: 8-16-16
Luke 19:45-48 Contemporary English Version (CEV)
Did you know that Jesus gets upset when people take advantage of others? It’s true. God is fair and just; He expects that his children will be fair and just, as well.
In our Scripture today, Jesus comes to the temple only to find the religious leaders have allowed money changers and those selling animals for sacrifice to mistreat God’s people; to take advantage of them. People had traveled to honor God in the temple and when they got there they were met by shysters and fast talkers. In our lesson, we see a side of Jesus that we don’t normally see in the gospels; he literally drives certain people out of the temple.